In this I consider myself the luckiest son on earth.” Michel, Elio’s lover, obsesses over his dead father, while in the novel’s tender conclusion, Elio realises that fatherhood can come in many different guises.īut at its core, Find Me is a study in love: not only the love we dare to embrace but the love that exists in the parallel lives we lack the courage to explore. Likewise, Samuel’s relationship with Elio is based on mutual love and respect: “We never had any secrets, you and I, you know about me, and I know about you. Miranda is the primary carer for her father their relationship is devoid of the delusions that often cloud familial relationships. I was excited to dive back into the world of Elio. And yet Aciman manages, by immersing us in their emotional dynamics, to present this intellectual sparring without pretentiousness.įathers – and their enduring influence – loom large. Alas, such is the case with Find Me, Andr Aciman’s much-anticipated follow-up to his luminous debut novel, Call Me by Your Name (2007), made famous by an Oscar-winning adaptation. Find Me was released in October 2019 and was waiting for me on my Kindle as I pre-ordered it months before. Characters fall in love with one another’s discourse, with topics ranging from literature and music to notions of time, desire and fate: “time is always the price we pay for the unlived life”. Find Me is an unashamedly romantic and philosophical novel.
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